Synopsis: A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Did You Know? Yul Brynner had lost a lung due to chain smoking, so he had to take oxygen between takes for the "Shall We Dance" sequence.
Quotables: LUN THA: Death is not worse pain than an empty life.
The thing that I don't like about at all these musicals from the 50s and 60s, is that there's always a lengthy musical number that does nothing for the plot. This number always features the most extravagant costumes and effects of the film, as though its only purpose is to show off the technical abilities of the cast and crew. "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" is that sequence in this film. It's purpose is to bring the friction of the two leads to a head. But it didn't need to be fifteen minutes long to convey that.